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## I am dark but lovely ##
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"My skin is dark, but I am still beautiful"
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## dark like the tents of Kedar ##
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The nomadic tribes in Kedar used black goat skins to build their homes. The woman is comparing her skin to these tents. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## lovely like the curtains of Solomon ##
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She compares her skin to the beautiful curtains Solomon produced either for his own palace or for the Temple. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## scorched ##
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"burned"
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## My mother’s sons ##
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"My half-brothers." These brothers probably had the same mother as the woman but not the same father.
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## keeper of the vineyards ##
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"the person who took care of the vineyards"
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## but my own vineyard I have not kept ##
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The woman compares herself to a vineyard. AT: "but I have not been able to take care of myself." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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